Derek Hanson

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Derek Hanson
Derek Hanson
@derek

I build blocks, plugins, and themes with WordPress and write about what I learn. This is my blog on the Fediverse; reply here and it shows up as a comment on the post. Personal account: @derekahanson.

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From /notes

  • It’s great to be back from sabbatical and jumping back in with Open Channels FM. My sabbatical was somehow busier than I ever could have imagined, but it was a great breakaway from the screen. Lots of time reflecting and thinking. I thought a lot about writing. Woodworking, house remodeling,…

  • So excited to be invited to speak at ISU again. What a joy to share WordPress, and now Spacefast! I will have a full break down of how I prepared my presentation with Spacefast and the example sites I created in just an afternoon.

  • As a classically trained rhetorician, audience used to always be central to my thinking about writing and communication. With blogging, your primary audience can be you. Start blogging.

  • Writing is the last, great form of critical thinking. To write is to think deeply about something. Polish doesn’t matter.

  • The GPT and Claude desktop apps are so good and keep getting better that it is hard to imagine leaving them. Yet, I am drawn more and more to bb the more I read about it. The IDE that grows with you is the IDE I’ve been dreaming about. From…

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